Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-09-05
SURPRISED THE SNOBS.
The WAY in Which u san Francisco NIL.
Iionaire's Wit. NanQuished Them.

Iionair.'s Wife Nanquished Them.
| A few DAYS ago a lady from San Fran
| cisco who had a very solid bank account
went to Lake Tahoe on a pleasure trip
4 with her daughter. She concluded that
| she would have "A good time, and accord
/ ingly took aiCEC some plain, servlceatde
clothes and no jewclry. When she struck
/ one Of the fashionable resorts she found
! herself in the midst Of a lot Of people max
ing vulgar display OF clothes ana dla
munds. and every time she turned around
: she was the subject Of the most unHerciini
snuhbing. She was put off in an obscure
corner Ia eat, and not one of the fashion
able guests cnmdesccuded 20 show her The
slightest civiiity The lady bit her lips
for "A few days: took i'll the situation and,
with true feminine instinct, decided on re-
venge She dropped line below, and
presently there were deposited at the hotel
twelve Saratoga trunks waybilled TO her
address She and her daughter retired to
their rooms and that evening came down
To the dining room in IA blaze of lace AMI
/ diamonds that took everybody's breath
away. No such gorgeous or tasty toll
cts had ever bcwildrrcd the guests at that
hotel before Ii blinded the eye to look at
the pair as they quietly entered the room.
The steward, after recovering his poise,
rushed forward and pulled out two chairs
from the most fashionable table in the
hotel. She shook her head and replied:
The old table will do, and went 70 the
obscure corner where she had eaten all
the time
The utmost CONSERVATION spread about
the dining room, and the low hum OF
voices rose TO fashionable buzz as they
warmly discussed the situation. WaSnt
it awful? They had been snubbing
woman and her daughter all the week who
could outdress them all. In the evening
they attempted 10 hedge, but couldn't TO
any considerable extent. The dudes tried
TO shine up To the girl, but she wouldn't
have il. and those who tried TO scrape an
acquaintance with the mother found it like
trying "a run a tunnel into an iceberg.
For a while she flashed like comet
through that hotel into u constant change
Of rayishing toilets. each more costly and
bewildering than the others, until. like the
kings who predestrianiZed i'll Macbeth"
they threatened to stretch out till the
crack of doom.
At the end OF the week It was learned
from the chambermaid that she had only
gone through half of her immense Sara
ttris. mere were stNtTdl WoUlcn tHtIt
who had displayed at least dozen differ
ent toilets, and they felt that they would
;,ast die if she beat their record. But she
Kept right on, and when she was three
ahead Of their score they packed up and
left. One by one she vanquished the
leaders and the rank aid file capitulated,
displaying the rarest generalship imagin
able. If Mrs. appeared in any special
20. , i,,t q ha Hs,in 81.
adopted that color at once, only in II drsss
that eclipsed the others as the sun out
shines the dog star.
She was the absolute John Sullivan of
the toilet ring. and knocked out all who
had the temerity to stand before her. The
last of her opponents was a red faced vul-
carly dressed woman from San Francisco,
whose fiashy toilets had attracted general
attention and admiration from persons ig
norant of harmony and color Whateve.
dress this woman donned in the morning
the fashionable Nemesis was on her trail
with color that literally killed the other.
The heretofore cock of the walk WAS un
able 10 stand her defeat, and, packing he!
trunks. started for home.
The army Of snohs was routed, and one
by one dropped out of sight. They just
settled up and quit. Then the quiet little
lady resumed her plain clothes, put on an
old straw hat with her daughter and went
fishing. As the last gang left, she abso
lutely had the GOODNESS to he down at the
whar. fishing in an old calico dress, cot
ton Stoves and straw hat.
Tie landlord considered that she liter
ally cleaned his place out, and she thinks
she had an awful lot of fun.-Carson
N.v.D Appeal.